Full Text of HR0451 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Governor JB Pritzker issued Executive Order | 3 | | 2021-18 on August 4, 2021, requiring that all persons over the | 4 | | age of two who can medically tolerate a face mask to wear a | 5 | | face covering when inside any public or nonpublic school | 6 | | serving students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor | 8 | | Pritzker and his State agencies have governed over the people | 9 | | of Illinois through executive order, seeking very little input | 10 | | from the General Assembly, a co-equal branch of government; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Once again, under E.O. 2021-18, Governor Pritzker | 13 | | and the Illinois State Board of Education have taken it upon | 14 | | themselves to exert their control over local school boards and | 15 | | private schools; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Since Governor Pritzker issued E.O. 2021-18, | 17 | | State Superintendent Dr. Carmen Ayala and the Illinois State | 18 | | Board of Education have pushed the boundaries of their | 19 | | authority by placing public school districts "on probation" | 20 | | and removing private school's recognition status for failing | 21 | | to comply with the executive orders that have been issued; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, As of August 27, 2021, the Illinois State Board | 2 | | of Education has placed 47 public school districts on | 3 | | probation and removed the recognition status of 12 private | 4 | | schools for making local decisions; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In Illinois, school board members are | 6 | | duly-elected public servants and shall be given the | 7 | | opportunity to govern over their school districts as they see | 8 | | fit; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In addition to school board members and school | 10 | | administrators making decisions for their local schools, | 11 | | parents should have the right to make decisions in the best | 12 | | interests of their children and not be given orders by the | 13 | | government; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 15 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we urge the Illinois State Board of Education to stop | 17 | | punishing school districts for making decisions that they | 18 | | believe support the best interests of the students in the | 19 | | districts they serve; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the Illinois State Board of | 21 | | Education to realize that their decisions may have a negative | 22 | | impact on the students in the districts that they are trying to |
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| 1 | | protect, so there should not be a one-size-fits-all approach | 2 | | to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic in Illinois schools; and | 3 | | be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 5 | | delivered to State Superintendent Dr. Carmen Ayala and the | 6 | | State Board of Education.
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